"To triumph fully, evil needs two victories, not one. The first victory happens when an evil deed is perpetrated; the second victory, when evil is returned. After the first victory, evil would die if the second victory did not infuse it with new life."

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Source : Miroslav Volf (2006). “The End of Memory: Remembering Rightly in a Violent World”, p.9, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

Miroslav Volf

#Two Quotes #Evil Quotes #Victory Quotes

“It will be full of precious stones and jewels, and best of all, full of precious souls!-Immortal souls, saved souls that love Jesus and that you won to the Lord.”
“We keep a change in place by helping to create a new, supportive, and sufficiently strong organizational culture.”
“When I was younger, I avoided exercise or anything strenuous. I didn't even enjoy walking. As I got older, I spent so much time marking books or sitting at a desk writing that there was no room for exercise - not that I would have bothered anyway.”
“I love to dress myself. I have a unique style, but I don't try to do that - I just put on whatever I feel good in that day.”
“I'd been ill and hadn't trained for a week and I'd been out of the team for three weeks before that, so I wasn't sharp. I got cramp before half-time as well. But I'm not one to make excuses.”
“Talk is cheep. Love is priceless.”
“Knowing that everything comes to an end is a gift of experience, a consolation gift for knowing that we ourselves are coming to an end. Before we get it we live in a continuous present, and imagine the future as more of that present. Happiness is endless happiness, innocent of its own sure passing. Pain is endless pain.”

Source : Tobias Wolff (2007). “This Boy's Life: A Memoir”, p.230, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
“One of my teachers used to call me Prince, because I always had a way of charming myself in and out of different situations.”

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